stammer

Definitions of stammerv. i. - To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter.
2v. t. - To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; -- sometimes with out.
2n. - Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter.
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